FBI Special Agent James L. Glass Jr. was on the witness stand describing Cottone's activities and related a conversation between Cottone and the informant.

According to Glass, Cottone told the informant in 1988 that a man who owned a pizza restaurant in a mall near the James River Bridge was responsible for a murder and having the body dumped in the James River.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Seidel Jr. asked Glass to name the restaurant owner, and Glass said it was Salvatore Liguria.

Glass did not give any other details and federal prosecutors would not elaborate on the accusation.